David Usher - If God Had Curves
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Artist: David UsherEdition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2005-05-02
Music Label: Universal
Soundtracks:
- Long Goodbye
- Love Will Save The Day
- Souring
- See You Fall
- Hope (Tell Everyone)
- Everything Is All Right By Me Now
- Faithless
- Hey Kids
- The Wolves
- Going Home
- Soldiering
Music reviews of If God Had Curves
Music Review: Back to his "Little Songs" roots - and that's a good thing
Rating: 5 Stars
I'm a fan of David Usher going back to the early Moist days, and there is nothing he has released that I do not own and love. As with any artist, there are standouts, and this album is one of them. David Usher returns to his roots in an album that resembles his first solo outing, "Little Songs" in it's honesty and simplicity, and that's a formula that works.
Of all Usher's solo releases, Little Songs is by far the best, but here he has managed a close second. I enjoyed everything in between, but when I put this CD in my car stereo when it finally arrived (I had pre-ordered it from Maple Music and was waiting impatiently) I knew my favourite male singer-songerwriter was in rare form from the first song. This album feels real, raw, and emotional without crossing the line into cheesiness - a line David Usher has walked and even crossed in previous releases. The only song I don't particularly care for is "Hey Kids", but that's a personal taste, it's too bouncy for me. Standouts in my opinion are "Everything is Alright By Me Now", "The Wolves" and "See You Fall"
If you enjoy well-crafted songs by a talented musician who truly loves his art, this album is for you. But please, don't just buy this one, go get "Little Songs" too - a beautiful frame for a great solo career - so far. Keep it coming, David!
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Description of If God Had Curves
All products are BRAND NEW and factory sealed. Fast shipping and 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed.Former Moist frontman David Usher has always made what is perhaps best known as sensitive new-age guy's pop music; catchy songs with deep female appeal. The thing that separates Usher from other hearthrob types is that he isn't formulaic; his love of music is genuinely sourced from sincerity.
Usher's fourth solo record, If God Had Curves is as simple and un-slick as anything he has ever done; it isn't underproduced, just raw and honest. Usher has an obvious fondness for the simple-structured love song and of bare-bones human stories. The disc?s first track "Long Goodbye" is fully indicative of the influences of other inspirations on his own craft. The song includes a gorgeous, warm guitar solo from Canadian songwriting legend Bruce Cockburn, playing over a loop of a sample from punk rock/new wave troupe Le Tigre. The result is old-wood warm and beautiful. Track two starts with a sound clip of respected feminist Gloria Steinem; so begins the disc's first single "Love Will Save The Day" a joyful, lyrically challenging number disguised as a pop song. Bonus points to the singer for the song "Hey Kids", a whimsical, sardonic musical march highlighted by Tegan Quin, of Tegan & Sarah fame. As is the case with other David Usher records, the one thing missing is his preference for writing pretty-sounding prose and societal commentary over really pulling out personal stories from the rawest part of his soul?but there?s always hoping. --Denise Sheppard
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